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This book begins the "Scotland Street Series" of serialized novels, all of which I find remarkably charming, humorous, and philosophically provocative. A full slate of cariacature-like but somehow believable characters are followed as they weave in and out of direct or indirect interactions--so if the reader grows tired of focusing on one of them, before they can blink their favorite has reentered center stage. I need to figure out if the next book in the series has just come out . . .
Of all the recent disquisitions upon and analyses of the supposed irreconcilable natures of faith and science, this posthumously published set of natural theology (!) lectures is by far the most compassionate, passionate, optimistic (despite the rather somber Cold War context), and well-reasoned. You may not agree with Sagan's stance, or even feel that he comes down hard enough with a hard-and-fast argument (which was not, after all, the goal of these dated but still highly relevant talks), but you will be prompted to think and feel more deeply and more constructively--while being entertained as well.
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44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall-Smith
Asher, January 24, 2010
This book begins the "Scotland Street Series" of serialized novels, all of which I find remarkably charming, humorous, and philosophically provocative. A full slate of cariacature-like but somehow believable characters are followed as they weave in and out of direct or indirect interactions--so if the reader grows tired of focusing on one of them, before they can blink their favorite has reentered center stage. I need to figure out if the next book in the series has just come out . . .The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
Asher, January 20, 2008
Of all the recent disquisitions upon and analyses of the supposed irreconcilable natures of faith and science, this posthumously published set of natural theology (!) lectures is by far the most compassionate, passionate, optimistic (despite the rather somber Cold War context), and well-reasoned. You may not agree with Sagan's stance, or even feel that he comes down hard enough with a hard-and-fast argument (which was not, after all, the goal of these dated but still highly relevant talks), but you will be prompted to think and feel more deeply and more constructively--while being entertained as well.